Down to earth with a bump

By Cheery Cherry
April 24 2015

Mariano Galarzo wasn't registered when he played against Sale Sharks. If that is correct then we face a five point deduction which will just about sum up a generally disappointing season for the Cherry and Whites ..

How a professional club can make such an error will undoubtedly be investigated both internally and externally,  but unless the penalty is  uniquely draconian it won't make difference to where end up this season.

For instance, London Welsh were deducted five points and fined £15,000 for fielding Tyson Keats when he wasn't registered a couple of seasons ago.

One can only assume that Galarzo's paperwork was in order for the following week's game against Quins and the Challenge Cup semi-final against Chiefs as no mention has been made of his registration for those games. Fingers crossed.

What makes tis all the more astonishing is that the Argentinian has been with the club since October, which you would have thought would have given plenty of time for the ink to dry on the paperwork. 

An RFU statement says: "In the Aviva Premiership Rugby match against Sale Sharks on March 29 Gloucester Rugby breached Aviva Premiership Rugby Regulation 3.3(a) by selecting a player (Mariano Galarza) who did not hold effective registration for Gloucester Rugby.

"The case will be heard by an independent panel of Jeremy Summers, Bonike Erinle and Robert Horner at 5.30pm Monday, April 27."

Regardless he's in the team to face Falcons this week. With the Challenge Final in mind there are eight chamges.

Gloucs: Charlie Sharples; Jonny May, Brendan Macken, Billy Twelvetrees (capt), Henry Purdy; Billy Burns, Dan Robson; Yann Thomas, Darren Dawidiuk, Sila Puafisi; Elliott Stooke, Mariano Galarza; Ross Moriarty, Matt Kvesic, Sione Kalamafoni

Reps: Richard Hibbard, Dan Murphy, John Afoa, Tom Savage, Gareth Evans, Greig Laidlaw, James Hook, Bill Meakes

Gloucs face points deduction

Discussion started by Shedloads (IP Logged), 24/04/2015 11:10

Shedloads
24/04/2015 11:10

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Buzzaboo
24/04/2015 11:24

What !!! He's been here months surely someone has had time to do the paperwork and surely registrations are checked before teams go on the pitch.
Even Gloucester Old Boys don't make mistakes like this they just go on line and check their registration the night before a league game.
Ridiculous and lets hope he was properly registered for the next two games.

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Cherry Picker
24/04/2015 12:04

Quite agree. A couple more wins or a couple more defeats this season and those five points we might lose would have dprove crucial.

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Lady Bay Boy
24/04/2015 12:59

Might not be as bad as it sounds . I note the use of the words "effective registration" so that suggests he was registered (he's been here since October!) but there was something a little bit wrong with the detail.
Big difference between a player who isn't registered at all and one who is registered but incorrectly, I suggest

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Nedshed
24/04/2015 15:26

Better beat Falcons and get a bonus point then to retain the status quo ..

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